La vérificatrice générale du Canada compte examiner les pratiques d’embauche et de promotion des personnes handicapées au sein de la fonction publique fédérale.

The federal Auditor-General is planning to study the recruitment, retention and promotion of people with disabilities in the federal public service.

Documents obtained by The Canadian Press through Access to Information indicate that the audit is expected to be tabled in the spring.

Un ancien avocat de la Ville d’Ottawa a plaidé coupable après avoir profané le Monument national de l’Holocauste du Canada.

A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the federal public service could shed almost 60,000 jobs over the next four years as Ottawa looks to cut costs.

Earlier this month, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to multiple ministers asking them to cut program spending at their departments by 7.5 per cent next spring, 10 per cent the year after and 15 per cent in 2028-29.

Un nouveau rapport du Centre canadien de politiques alternatives indique que la fonction publique fédérale pourrait perdre près de 57 000 emplois au cours des quatre prochaines années, alors qu’Ottawa cherche à réduire ses dépenses.

OTTAWA - A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the federal public service could shed almost 60,000 jobs over the next four years as Ottawa looks to cut costs.

Earlier this month, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to multiple ministers asking them to cut program spending at their departments by 7.5 per cent next spring, 10 per cent the year after and 15 per cent in 2028-29.

Les interprètes professionnels préviennent que les plans du gouvernement fédéral visant à réduire ses coûts d’approvisionnement pourraient compromettre l’accès du public aux audiences du Parlement, de la Cour suprême et d’autres instances officielles dans les deux langues officielles.

Professional interpreters are warning that the federal government’s plans to cut its procurement costs could compromise the public’s access to parliamentary, Supreme Court and other official proceedings in both official languages.

Jeremy Link, a spokesperson for Public Services and Procurement Canada, said the department recently began a process to replace the federal government’s existing freelance interpretation contracts.

Le Royaume-Uni l’a annoncé il y a peu et Marilou McPhedran croit que ça aura un effet sur sa cause ici.

Le Royaume-Uni l’a annoncé il y a peu et Marilou McPhedran croit que ça aura un effet sur sa cause ici.

Now that the British government has vowed to lower its voting age to 16 by the next general election, one Canadian senator says it’s past time for Canada to do the same.

The U.K. announced last week that it would lower its voting age from 18 to 16 in a bid to strengthen British democracy and restore trust in politics.

Maintenant que le gouvernement britannique s’est engagé à abaisser l’âge du vote à 16 ans d’ici les prochaines élections générales, une sénatrice canadienne affirme qu’il est grand temps que le Canada fasse de même.

A 46-year-old man has been charged after Canada’s National Holocaust Monument was vandalized earlier this month.

The Ottawa Police Service said in a news release Friday that the man was charged with mischief to a war memorial, mischief exceeding $5,000 and harassment by threatening conduct.

While the country will celebrate it’s birthday next week, O Canada got a head start on Friday, celebrating its 45th year as the official national anthem.

While it was often used as the de facto national anthem for years, O Canada was officially adopted through the National Anthem Act on June 27, 1980.

Réunis à La Haye, les membres de l’OTAN doivent s’entendre pour hausser leurs dépenses en défense à 5 % du PIB.

L’accord constitue une étape vers la participation du pays au programme « ReArm Europe ».